Sparta

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SPARTA; SPARTANS. spar'-ta, spar'-tanz (Sparte (1 Maccabees 14:16), Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sparta.htm - 7k

Lacedaemonians

... las-e-de-mo'-ni-anz (Spartidtai; once only Lakedaimonioi, 2 Maccabees 5:9): The inhabitants of Sparta or Lacedaemon with whom the Jews claimed some kinship and ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lacedaemonians.htm - 8k

Chios (1 Occurrence)

... In 412 they sided with the Peloponnesians, in the 19th year of the war which Athens had been waging against Sparta and her allies. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chios.htm - 11k

Onias

... father of Simon the Just (ibid., XII, ii, 5; Sirach 50), and, according to 1 Maccabees 12:7, 20, a contemporary of Areus (Arius), king of Sparta, who reigned ... biblethesaurus.org/o/onias.htm - 10k

Spartans

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SPARTA; SPARTANS. spar'-ta, spar'-tanz (Sparte (1 Maccabees 14:16), Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/spartans.htm - 7k

Corinth (13 Occurrences)

... But when Athens, Thebes, Sparta and Argos fell away, Corinth came to the front again as the wealthiest and most important city in Greece; and when it was ... biblethesaurus.org/c/corinth.htm - 21k

Numenius

... 8:17;). They were well received and successful, both at Rome (1 Maccabees 12:3) and at Sparta (1 Maccabees 12:19;; 14:22). After ... biblethesaurus.org/n/numenius.htm - 7k

Crete (7 Occurrences)

... Aristotle compares the Cretan institutions with those of Sparta; the island was said to have been colonized by Dorians from Peloponnesus (Politics ii.10). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crete.htm - 19k

Arius

... Josephus. A king of Sparta (309-265 BC) who wrote the letter to Onias, the high priest, given in 1 Maccabees 12:7, 20-23. There ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arius.htm - 6k

Sparrows (4 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/s/sparrows.htm - 7k

Sanhedrin (19 Occurrences)

... 11 9; Sanhedrin 1 6; 11 2). It is derived from sun, "together," and hedra, "seat." In Greek and Roman literature the senates of Sparta, Carthage, and even Rome ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanhedrin.htm - 27k

Testaments

... The strength of Athens and Sparta, of Corinth and Thebes had departed, and when about the beginning of our period, in 337 BC, the congress of Greek states had ... biblethesaurus.org/t/testaments.htm - 35k

Athens (5 Occurrences)

... the people. In 431 BC the Peloponnesian War broke out and continued till 404 BC, when Athens succumbed to Sparta. An oligarchical ... biblethesaurus.org/a/athens.htm - 15k

Between (2624 Occurrences)

... The strength of Athens and Sparta, of Corinth and Thebes had departed, and when about the beginning of our period, in 337 BC, the congress of Greek states had ... biblethesaurus.org/b/between.htm - 36k

Cyprus (12 Occurrences)

... He joined with Pharnabazus the Persian satrap and Conon the Athenian to overthrow the naval power of Sparta at the battle of Cnidus in 394, and in 387 revolted ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyprus.htm - 27k

Graecia

...Sparta, though never a commercial center, early won and long maintained the hegemony of Greece, for a while disputed by Athens, in virtue of her power as the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/graecia.htm - 21k

Minor (2 Occurrences)

... period of Athenian greatness. In 386 BC they were restored to the king of Persia by the selfish diplomacy of Sparta. 4. Alexander and ... biblethesaurus.org/m/minor.htm - 62k

Asia (22 Occurrences)

... period of Athenian greatness. In 386 BC they were restored to the king of Persia by the selfish diplomacy of Sparta. 4. Alexander and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asia.htm - 71k

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)

... from the Ancient East, 325). In Sparta and Sicyon, Jews lived in the days of the Maccabees (1 Maccabees 15:23). At Philippi we know ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dispersion.htm - 44k

Simon (75 Occurrences)

... agriculture revived; lawlessness was suppressed and "the land had rest all the days of Simon (1 Maccabees 14:4;). His power was acknowledged by Sparta and Rome ... biblethesaurus.org/s/simon.htm - 91k

Greece (15 Occurrences)

...Sparta, though never a commercial center, early won and long maintained the hegemony of Greece, for a while disputed by Athens, in virtue of her power as the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/greece.htm - 59k